Tu-22M3 Delfi bomber crashed in Russia

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According to the Russian Ministry, four pilots of the aircraft ejected.

“A Tu-22M3 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed while returning from a combat operation to its base in the Stavropol region. The pilots ejected,” the ministry said in a statement.

Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti later announced that one pilot had been killed and that the search for another was ongoing.

Russia claimed that the incident occurred due to a technical failure and that there was no ammunition on board the aircraft.

At a time of Ukraine forces say they have destroyed the bomber. of Ukraine Air Force Commander Mykola Oleščiukas announced that Air Force missile units, in cooperation with the Defense Ministry’s Supreme Intelligence Board, destroyed such a long-range strategic bomber for the first time.

Also, according to him, the Ukrainian Air Force shot down two Ch-22 missiles for the first time during the night attack. In total, according to M. Oleščiuk, Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense destroyed 15 different missiles and 15 drones during the night.

A source working in the Ukrainian special services told nv.ua that the Ukrainian armed forces shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber with a Soviet S-200 anti-aircraft missile system.

“The Central Intelligence Agency repeated the operation, the bomber was shot down same as the A-50“, said the interlocutor.